Rajasthan: Labourer burnt alive, video of incident goes viral

(Eds: Adding word in para 3)Jaipur, Dec 7 (PTI) In a shocking incident, a labourerwas burnt alive and a video of the gruesome incident wasuploade...

(Eds: Adding word in para 3)Jaipur, Dec 7 (PTI) In a shocking incident, a labourerwas burnt alive and a video of the gruesome incident wasuploaded on social media in Rajasthan's Rajsamand district,police said.

The slain labourer, who hailed from West Bengal, wasidentified as Mohammad Afrazul.

The accused who allegedly committed the crime yesterdayin Raj Nagar has been arrested, SP Rajsamand Manoj Kumar toldPTI.

He said that the accused Shabhu Lal, a resident of Rajnagar, was being interrogated.

Home minister Gulabchand Kataria condemned the incidentand said that the case has been handed over to SIT for furtherinvestigations.

In the video, the labourer was hacked and burnt to death.

"The labourer died on the spot," police said.

According to the IG Udaipur Anand Srivastava, the accusedwas also seen shouting at the victim in the video.

The investigation is on and the matter is being probed,he added. PTI SDA MGBDS.

This is unedited, unformatted feed from the Press Trust of India wire.

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